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Antibiotic Resistance Essay - First Draft
Antibiotic Resistance Essay - First Draft
Due to bacteria being able to thrive in the conditions of their livestock host and
develop antibiotic resistance, the animals are then consumed allowing the bacteria
to be passed among species, increasing the chances of cross species
contamination. Not only is cross species contamination a possible result from the
cycle created from the handling of livestock, but further mutations of the prokaryote
may occur resulting in an even stronger bacterial strands. The US Center for
Disease Control estimated that the affects from antibiotic resistance from livestock
resulted in 1,518 deaths and 67,236 days in a hospital, every year, due to the
new strains of bacteria created from antibiotic overuse in animals.